Practicing picots

Dylan and Shelby went to town practicing picots over the weekend!

Dylan chose a motif that I tatted.

Shelby chose a motif from Carollyn.

The girls did a great job keeping their picots uniform in size, and I can tell that they really like choosing their on thread colors.

I haven't accomplished much on the tatting front. I've been letting mundane things like cooking, laundry, and sleep take over my life. ;-)

I did manage to tat Doodad Snowflake #1 (minus the doodad). Think how much I could accomplish if I didn't fall asleep in my chair at night!

Back to beads...

I have enough beads to start a shop, inspired by all the beaded beauty I see in Tat-land!

Before re-tatting Snowflake #1 from Snowflake Roses by Denise Munoz, I decided to clear my mind by tatting something familiar, Doodad Snowflake #1. With all the snowflakes I tatted in December, I only used half a tube of pink beads. For January, I've switched to my favorite color... blue!

I thought you might like to see the difference in snowflake sizes. It looks like my Doodad Snowflake could be a different center for Snowflake #1. Oh, the possibilities!

Let it snow! Day 4

Another Doodad Snowflake #1... this time I used the doodad, but replaced the Josephine rings with beads. I think I'm done with this snowflake for a while... time to move on to something more interesting!

Let it snow! Day 1

Margaret asked me to join her in tatting one snowflake a day until Christmas. I do love tatting snowflakes, and I've decided to do some experimenting with the doodad snowflakes I designed last year. If you're interested in my little patterns, check out the tab at the top of the page.

This is Doodad Snowflake #1 in size 20 Lizbeth, Snow White. The pattern can be tatted without the doodad. I found my doodads at Fire Mountain Gems. The S hooks are from Wirestorm Creations.

I spent Friday cleaning up after Thanksgiving, not a big deal since everyone helped clean up after the feast!

Right now the house is in a bit if disarray because we're in the middle of decorating for Christmas. Dave tends to get carried away, especially when he knows the grandchildren will be here for Christmas! I enjoy the decorations once they're up, but I get all tense when I see boxes of decorations spread all over the house. Hopefully, Dave will get it all out of his system today! ;-)